🏛️ Architecture & Design 1d ago · Sarang Sheth

This “Bentley of Bikes” sports 5 layers of paint, and packs a 206Hp engine underneath

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This “Bentley of Bikes” sports 5 layers of paint, and packs a 206Hp engine underneath
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Five layers of paint. That’s how many Norton applied to the bodywork of its new Manx R, enough that the engineers had to factor paint thickness into how the panels fit together. It’s the sort of obsessive detail you’d expect from Bentley, and a RevZilla tester floated the “Bentley of bikes” comparison after riding it. The Manx R is the 206-horsepower V4 flagship of Norton’s comeback under TVS Motor, and it’s already rolling into UK and European dealershi

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